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insinuating
(encz) | insinuating,šířící nenávist Zdeněk Brož |
Insinuating
(gcide) | Insinuate \In*sin"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insinuated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Insinuating.] [L. insinuatus, p. p. of
insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See
Sinuous.]
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1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow
passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
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The water easily insinuates itself into, and
placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables.
--Woodward.
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2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
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All the art of rhetoric, besides order and
clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate
wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead
the judgment. --Locke.
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Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates
virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the
severity of precepts. --Dryden.
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3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used
derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
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4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce
by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used
reflexively.
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He insinuated himself into the very good grace of
the Duke of Buckingham. --Clarendon.
Syn: To instill; hint; suggest; intimate.
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Insinuating
(gcide) | Insinuating \In*sin"u*a`ting\, a.
Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily;
suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly.
--Milton.
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His address was courteous, and even insinuating.
--Prescott.
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insinuating
(wn) | insinuating
adj 1: calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth
ingratiating manner" [syn: ingratiating, insinuating,
ingratiatory] |
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insinuating
(encz) | insinuating,šířící nenávist Zdeněk Brož |
insinuatingly
(encz) | insinuatingly,pomlouvačsky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Insinuatingly
(gcide) | Insinuatingly \In*sin"u*a`ting*ly\, adv.
By insinuation.
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insinuating
(wn) | insinuating
adj 1: calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth
ingratiating manner" [syn: ingratiating, insinuating,
ingratiatory] |
insinuatingly
(wn) | insinuatingly
adv 1: in an insinuating manner; "the art book has art to sell,
insinuatingly, and for a purpose, like the American muse,
which has in fact a tradition to sell, and one which
doesn't exist, in painting" |
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